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In reply to the discussion: Is Our Revolution trying to unseat Al Franken? [View all]KPN
(15,637 posts)based on the belief that those candidates best aligned with the group's priorities and values. That's going to happen from time to time. Just like some voters vote for the individual candidate who best reflects the voter's personal interests. So let's go ahead and label the entire organization as anti-Democrat, radical unrealistic twinkies who seek to destroy the Democratic Party. Makes a lot of sense.
This stuff's going to happen. So how are we going to deal with it? How did the party deal/how has the party dealt with it thus far? "A Better Deal: Better Jobs, Better Wages, Better Future" with the center-piece for jobs being tax credits for companies that invest in retraining (again). Now that's going to inspire all those free-thinkers to get on board isn't it?
How about instead we go back to including the goal of full employment back into our platform like the party did for decades up until Bill Clinton 1992? Nah, that's "unrealistic" ... i.e., big money and corporations won't go along.
How about we -- as a party/the DNC -- adopt something like the Center for American Progress' national "jobs guarantee to counter the effects of reduced bargaining power, technical change, globalization, and the Great Recession"? Why don't we/why haven't we done that? Why can't that be a uniting goal instead of the division we see so often playing out here at DU and within the party?
As for the Sunlight Foundation -- I will look to organizations like CAP well ahead of corporate laden groups like SF for inspiration, conscience and guidance thank you.
BTW, I assume as a Democrat you might be interested in CAPs economic plan/jobs proposal. Here's a link:
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/reports/2017/05/16/432499/toward-marshall-plan-america/